AMATRICE, a city of the kingdom of Naples, in Abruzzo Ulteriore, upon the
confines of the pope's territories, and the marquisate of Ancona. AMATTA Foa, an
island in the Southern Pacific Ocean, which was discovered by Captain Cook in
1774. It is about five leagues in circumference, and considerably elevated. It is
inhabited, but not very fertile ; and lies about twelve leagues distant, in a north-
north-west direction, from Anamooka. AMAUROSIS, in Medicine, a deprivation of
sight, the ...